Podcasts from 2018 Tudor and Stuart Ireland

The Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference serves as a vitally important annual meeting point for scholars of early modern Ireland. It allows us to present new research, to exchange ideas and to make valuable connections with students and academics drawn from across the world, all in a friendly and collegial environment.

Dr. John Cunningham

Tudor & Stuart Ireland organises a major two-day interdisciplinary conference in August each year, which provides opportunities for established academics, early stage and independent researchers, as well as postgraduates to present their research on Ireland or the Irish abroad during the Tudor & Stuart periods.

Since its launch in 2011, it has become a firmly established event, promoting and encouraging the study of early modern Ireland within and across a broad range of relevant disciplines. More than 250 research papers by speakers from a range of disciplines including History, English, Archaeology and Art History, have been presented at Tudor & Stuart Ireland Conferences since 2011. Podcasts of over 200 of those papers are available on iTunes and Soundcloud free of charge.

The 8th Annual Tudor & Stuart Ireland Interdisciplinary Conference took place at the Graduate School, Queen’s University Belfast on 24-25 August, 2018. The conference featured 27 speakers from Ireland and beyond, a special panel session on learning early modern Irish, and plenary addresses by Dr David Edwards (University College Cork) and Dr Deana Rankin (Royal Holloway, University of London).

The 2018 conference was organised by John Cunningham, David Heffernan, Romano Mullin, Karie Schultz and Ramano Wray and was generously supported by The School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, The School of Arts, English and Languages, and The Institute of Irish Studies, all at Queen’s University, Belfast, and by Marsh’s library.

According to Dr. John Cunningham, who is a lecturer at Queen’s: “Bringing the conference to QUB provided an excellent opportunity to raise the profile of our ongoing research here, both locally and internationally. Queen’s has a distinguished record in early modern scholarship, encompassing History, English Literature and other disciplines. Among the highlights currently is Dr Ian Campbell’s ERC –funded project ‘War and the Supernatural in Early Modern Europe’. We also have plenty of experience in hosting significant conferences, such as the British Shakespeare Association Conference in June 2018″.

Podcasts

The 2018 conference saw History Hub continue its successful partnership with Tudor and Stuart Ireland with the production of podcasts of conference proceedings. These podcasts, recorded and produced by Real Smart Media, are now available on iTunes and Soundcloud and have been added to the substantial archive of podcasts from previous Tudor and Stuart Ireland conferences.

Learning early modern Irish on day two of the Tudor Stuart Ireland conference! Great project going with Dr Brendan Kane and Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh! #TSIQUB18pic.twitter.com/hpEGkx73mn

Tudor and Stuart Ireland podcasts are available for download from iTunes and to stream on Soundcloud totally free of charge. There are now more than 200 episodes available in total and the podcasts have proved to be tremendously popular with 80,000 podcast downloads/plays to date.